Gwyneth Paltrow
Photo Credit: Jerod Harris

Reese Witherspoon
Photo Credit: Ryan Miller

LeVar Burton & Stephanie Burton
Photo Credit: Ryan Miller

China Chow
Photo Credit: Ryan Miller

Eva Chow & Michael Chow
Photo Credit: Nicholas Gingold

Ed Ruscha & Danna Ruscha
Photo Credit: Nicholas Gingold

Sterling Ruby & Melanie Schiff
Photo Credit: Nicholas Gingold

Catherine Opie & Julie Burleigh
Photo Credit: Nicholas Gingold

Lynda Resnick & Stewart Resnick
Photo Credit: Nicholas Gingold

Eli Broad & Bill Clinton
Photo Credit: Ryan Miller

Larry King & Shawn King
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Vito Shnabel & Heidi Klum
Photo Credit: Ryan Miller

Peter Morton, Alex Israel, Joanne Heyler & Bettina Korek
Photo Credit: Ryan Miller

Matthew Perry
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Edythe Broad & Dallas Price-Van Breda
Photo Credit: Ryan Miller

Ricardo Scofidio, Elizabeth Diller & Paul Krekorian
Photo Credit: Ryan Miller

Owen Wilson, Jeff Koons, Eli Broad & Takashi Murakami
Photo Credit: Nicholas Gingold

Todd Morgan & Rosanna Arquette
Photo Credit: Nicholas Gingold

Amy Wakeland & Eric Garcetti
Photo Credit: Nicholas Gingold

Benedikt Taschen & Lauren Taschen
Photo Credit: Nicholas Gingold

Tacita Dean, Julie Mehretu, Mark Bradford & Thomas Demand
Photo Credit: Nicholas Gingold

John Currin & Rachel Feinstein
Photo Credit: Nicholas Gingold

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Editors' Notes

The Broad Museum in downtown Los Angeles.

As anticipation rose for the grand opening of Downtown L.A.’s long-awaited contemporary art museum, The Broad, philanthropists and longtime art collectors Eli and Edythe Broad hosted a black tie dinner on Thursday, September 17 and a continued celebration on Friday, September 18. The dinner hosted 800 guests, which included architect Elizabeth Diller, Mayor Eric Garcetti and California Attorney General Kamala Harris, as well as artists and special guests such as Gwyneth Paltrow, Tobey Maguire, and Owen Wilson. Friday night’s attendees included the likes of Reese Witherspoon, Bill Clinton and Heidi Klum, who got a first-hand look at the museum, designed by Diller Scofidio + Renfro in collaboration with Gensler. The 120,000-square-foot space is the new home to over 2,ooo works of art and features two floors of gallery space to showcase The Broad’s elaborate collection. The building is dubbed a work of art in itself with its unique honeycomb-like design and column-less gallery space on the third level. The Broad Museum now serves as the headquarters of The Broad Art Foundation‘s worldwide lending library, and is officially open to the public as of Sunday, Sept. 20.